The "Guitar Hero" series might be all the rage for amateur axers, but those who want to progress beyond five colored buttons and a single strum bar and truly teach themselves to play have another high-tech option.

The spirit of garage rock infused both the three-chord anthems of the Ramones and the raw power of Iggy and the Stooges. But aside from a few blips on the cultural radar, the simplistic formula and nothing-fancy attitude that defines garage rock has drifted to the fringes of musical history.